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Fact Sheets

  • A Few Pointers for Better Irrigation

  • A List of Energy & Agriculture Grants & Greenhouse Energy Resources

  • Adjusting Alkalinity with Acids

  • Agrobacterium tumefaciens - Crown Gall

  • Aphids on Greenhouse Crops

  • APPs: Useful apps for greenhouse growers

  • Aztecs, Ambassador Poinsett, and Poinsettia

  • Bacterial Blight of Geranium

  • Bacterial Diseases of Geranium

  • Basic Fertilizer Programs for Containerized Greenhouse Crops

  • Beetles

  • Best Management Practices (BMPs) for Greenhouse Crops

  • Best Management Practices (BMPs) to Increase Fertilizer Efficiency and Reduce Runoff

  • Biofungicides

  • Biological Control in Greenhouses: Preparing for Spring Crops

  • Biological Control: A Grower's Guide to Using Biological Control for Silverleaf Whitefly on Poinsettias in the Northeast United States

  • Biological Control: Greenhouse Pests and their Natural Enemies

  • Biological Control: Pesticide Compatibility, Testing Quality, Storage

  • Biological Control: Using Beneficial Nematodes

  • Biological Control: Western Flower Thrips in Spring Bedding Plants: Which Formulation of Mites is Best?

  • Biological Control: Whitefly Control on Poinsettia With Biological Control at $0.10 a Plant - As Cheap as Pesticides and a Lot Easier

  • Boom Irrigation Systems

  • Botrytis Blight of Cut Flowers

  • Botrytis Blight of Greenhouse Crops

  • Broad Mite and Cyclamen Mite

  • Bulb Mites

  • Business Resources (Taxes, finance, labor, regulations, zoning, finding farmland)

  • Calculations, Conversion Tables, Formulas for Horticulture

  • Caring for Plants in a Retail Setting

  • Chart - Ratios and Concentrations for Using Water Soluble Fertilizers

  • Chrysanthemum Diseases

  • Chrysanthemum White Rust

  • Cleaning and Disinfecting the Greenhouse

  • Combat Higher Fuel Prices with Efficient Heating Systems

  • Commercial Producton of Holiday Cacti

  • Container Labeling Regulations in the Plant and Nursery Industry

  • Controlling Plant Height without Chemicals

  • Corn – A Home Grown Heat Source

  • Cut Flowers: Insects and Mites in Commercial Production of Field-Grown Cut Flowers

  • Damping-Off of Bedding Plants and Vegetables

  • Daylily Rust

  • Daylily Rust and Daylily Streak

  • Design and Layout of a Small Commercial Greenhouse Operation

  • Develop an Efficient Materials Storage System

  • Diagnosing Plant Diseases of Floricultural Crops

  • Diagnostic Test Kits

  • Diseases of Poinsettias

  • Downy Mildew of Basil

  • Downy Mildew of Coleus

  • Downy Mildew of Impatiens

  • Downy Mildews of Ornamental Plants

  • Drilled Wells for Irrigation

  • Drip Tape for Irrigation

  • Drought Resources for Greenhouse Floriculture Crops

  • Drought Tolerant Annuals and Perennials

  • Easter Lily Schedules and Comments

  • Edema and Intumescence

  • Effects of pH on Pesticides and Growth Regulators

  • Energy - Practical Ideas to Cut Your Greenhouse Energy Bill in Half

  • Energy and Shade Screen Systems for Greenhouses

  • Fan and Pad Evaporative Cooling Systems

  • Fan Shutter Heat Loss in Greenhouses

  • Fertilizer Calculations for Greenhouse Crops

  • Fertilizer Injectors for Greenhouses

  • Fertilizer Recommendations for Poinsettias

  • Fertilizing Bedding Plant Seedlings

  • Fertilizing Bedding Plants

  • Field Grown Annuals for Cut Flowers

  • Flowering Cabbage and Kale

  • Foliar Nematodes

  • Forcing Bleeding Heart for Spring Sales

  • Forms - Pest Monitoring Record-keeping

  • Fuchsia Rust

  • Fuels and Alternate Heat Sources for Commercial Greenhouses

  • Fungus Gnats and Shore Flies

  • Garden Asters

  • Garden Center Design Guidelines

  • Garden Mums - Past Crop Problems and Production Tips

  • Garden Retailers and Late Blight Disease

  • Geothermal Heat for Greenhouses

  • Germination Chamber/Growth Room for Seedling Production

  • Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) and Postharvest Handling for Food Crops

  • Grafting Techniques for Greenhouse Tomatoes

  • Greenhouse and High Tunnel Tomatoes Resources

  • Greenhouse Energy Conservation Checklist

  • Greenhouse Facilities Master Plan

  • Greenhouse Greens Resources

  • Greenhouse Heat Distribution

  • Greenhouse Raspberry Production

  • Greenhouse Seeders

  • Greenhouse Strawberry Resources

  • Greenhouse Tomatoes: Fertilizing Plants Growing in Soilless Media

  • Groundwater and Your Greenhouse

  • Growing Garden Mums for Fall Sales

  • Growing Geraniums

  • Growing Quality Geraniums

  • Growing-on at Cooler than Optimum Temperatures

  • Growth Regulators for Bedding Plants

  • Growth Regulators for Bedding Plants

  • Growth Retardants for Poinsettias

  • Hand Watering Greenhouse Crops - Resources

  • Harvesting and Handling Cut Flowers

  • Heat Storage for Greenhouses

  • Heating System Efficiency for Greenhouses - Important Factors to Consider

  • Heating System Maintenance

  • Herb Bedding Plants: Pest Management for Herb Bedding Plants Grown in the Greenhouse

  • High Tunnels - Low Cost Seasonal Growth Space

  • Horizontal Air Flow is Best for Greenhouse Air Circulation

  • How to Prevent Iron Deficiency in Iron Inefficient Greenhouse Crops

  • How to Use pH and EC "Pens" to Monitor Greenhouse Crop Nutrition

  • Hydroponic Greenhouse Production Resources

  • Hydroponic Systems

  • Identifying Some Pests and Beneficial Insects on Sticky Cards in Greenhouses

  • Impatiens Necrotic Spot Virus and Tomato Spotted Wilt Virus

  • Increasing Production Space in Greenhouses

  • Insulating Sidewalls and Endwalls has a Short Payback

  • Insulation - Know How

  • IPM Scouting and Decision Making

  • Is Your Water Supply Adequate?

  • Keep Your Water System Operating Smoothly

  • Late Blight and Tomato Transplant Production

  • Late Season Application of Bonzi to Control Stretch of Poinsettia

  • Lavender Production in Massachusetts

  • Leaf Spot Diseases of Floricultural Crops Caused by Fungi and Bacteria

  • Lily Leaf Beetle

  • Managing Weeds in and Around the Greenhouse

  • Mealybugs in Greenhouses

  • Mechanization and Labor Saving for the Small Grower

  • Mechanization and Material Handling Basics

  • Methods of Greenhouse Media Testing and How They Differ

  • Mist and Fog Equipment for Propagation

  • Moving Cool Tolerant Plants Outdoors: Risks and Benefits

  • Natural Ventilation in Greenhouses

  • Natural Ventilation in Hoophouses

  • New Guinea Impatiens: Watch Out for Soluble Salts

  • New Perennial Varieties - Powerpoint presentation at 2011 Great Ideas Summer Conference

  • Organic Fertilizers - Thoughts on Using Liquid Organic Fertilizers for Greenhouse Plants

  • Organic Fertilizers and Soilless Media Show Promise

  • Organic Greenhouse Production and Resources

  • Organic Growing Media and Fertilizers for Greenhouses

  • Overwintering Container-Grown Ornamentals

  • Overwintering Containerized Perennials

  • Pest Management in Retail Greenhouses

  • Pesticide Storage

  • pH and Fertility Review for Vegetatively-propagated Annuals

  • Photoperiod and Bedding Plants

  • Photoperiod Control Systems for Greenhouse Crops

  • Pipe Insulation: An energy saving measure

  • Plastic Greenhouse Film Update

  • Plug Extractors, Watering Stations and Tagging Machines

  • Pollinators, Neonicotinoids and Greenhouse Production

  • Postharvest Handling of Six Field-grown Cut Flowers; Astilbe, Gladiolus, Helianthus, Liatris, Lilium, Zinnia

  • Postharvest Handling Tips for Some Spring Flowering Bulbs

  • Powdery Mildew Diseases of Ornamental Plants

  • Preventing and Rescuing Overgrown Plants

  • Preventing Rodent Damage in Greenhouses

  • Preventing Rodent Damage to Overwintering Perennials

  • Problems With Using Unvented Greenhouse Heaters

  • Producing Fleurette Chrysanthemums as Centerpieces

  • Production Guidelines for Four Crops—Osteospermum, Angelonia, Calibrachoa & Ornamental Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas)

  • Production of Hybrid Lilies as Pot Plants

  • Propagation Resources

  • Protecting Your Water System with a Good Filter

  • Rainwater Harvesting

  • Recognizing Tomato Blights (2010)

  • Reducing Humidity in the Greenhouse

  • Reducing Storm Damage to Your Greenhouses

  • Resources for Commercial Production of Outdoor Cut Flowers in High Tunnels

  • Retractable Roof Greenhouses and Shadehouses

  • Root Diseases of Greenhouse Crops

  • Root Zone Heat - Installation Techniques

  • Rosemary: Container Production for December Market

  • Rust Diseases of Ornamental Crops

  • Scheduling Biologicals

  • Scheduling Greenhouse Crops

  • Securing a Building Permit for a Greenhouse

  • Selecting an Energy/Shade Screen System

  • Selecting and Building a Commercial Greenhouse

  • Selecting and Maintaining Thermostats

  • Selling Plants at a Farmers Market in Massachusetts FAQs

  • Shade for Cooling Greenhouses

  • Sizing the Greenhouse Water System

  • Soil Fertility for Field-Grown Cut Flowers

  • Soil Test Report - Commercial Floriculture

  • Soil Test Report - Commercial Floriculture

  • Soil Testing

  • Soil Tests - Sampling and Interpreting the Results of Greenhouse Soil Tests

  • Soil Tests - Sampling and Interpreting the Results of Greenhouse Soil Tests

  • Soluble Salts and Electrical Conductivity (EC) for Greenhouse Crops

  • Southern Bacterial Wilt

  • Sprayers and Spray Application Techniques

  • Starting a Greenhouse Business

  • Starting Seeds in Greenhouses

  • State and federal regulations governing plant pests in Massachusetts

  • Storm Preparedness and Response

  • Subirrigating Seed Geraniums with Bonzi

  • Subirrigation for Greenhouse Crops

  • Subirrigation Systems

  • Sugar and Acidity in Preservative Solutions for Field-Grown Cut Flowers

  • Surface Water for Irrigation

  • Survey of Pythium Isolates for Resistance to Subdue (metalaxyl)

  • Tarnished Plant Bug - Field Grown Cut Flowers

  • Tissue Sampling and Analysis Resources

  • Tomato Brown Rugose Fruit Virus (ToBRFV)

  • Transplanting Methods and Equipment in Greenhouses

  • Transplanting Plugs and Grouping Plants

  • Twospotted Spider Mites

  • UMass Extension Floriculture Water Quality Project: I. Salinity, Sodium and Chloride

  • UMass Extension Floriculture Water Quality Project: II. pH, Alkalinity, Calcium, Magnesium and Other Elements

  • Upgrading the Greenhouse Heating System

  • Using Coralbells as Cut Flowers

  • Using Natural Fertilizers in Ground Beds in Greenhouses: Converting Chemical Fertilizer Recommendations to Organic Fertilizers

  • Using Virus Indicator Plants

  • Vegetable Bedding Plant Production and Pest Management

  • Ventilation for Greenhouses

  • Videos on Soil Testing

  • Virtual Grower - Link to USDA software

  • Water Quality: pH and Alkalinity

  • Weed Management for Outdoor Cut Flowers

  • Western Flower Thrips, Management and Tospoviruses

  • What are Biostimulants?

  • Whiteflies on Greenhouse Crops

  • Will the Zoning Commission Approve Your Greenhouse Project?

  • Wood Heat for Greenhouses

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